23 notable people died on July 23, including Sir Henry Dale, Sir William Ramsay, Ernst Otto Fischer.
21st Century
5 deaths
Ernst Otto Fischer
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1973)
Steven Weinberg
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1979)
SC
Sadruddin Ahmed Chowdhury
academicphysicist
Bangladeshi academic and physicist
AF
Adebayo Faleti
actorpoet
Nigerian actor (1930–2017)
FG
Franz Josef Gottlieb
film directorscreenwriter
Austrian film director (1930-2006)
20th Century
10 deaths
Sir Henry Dale
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1936)
Sir William Ramsay
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1904)
Hermann Fischer-Sigwart
entomologistnaturalist
Swiss naturalist (1842-1925)
Teodor V. Ștefanelli
historianjurist
Romanian author
Martin Wickramasinghe
journalistwriter
Sri Lankan writer (1890-1976)
Kliment Turnovski
Eastern Orthodox priestpolitician
Bulgarian Prime Minister (1841-1901)
Isaías Gamboa
poetwriter
Colombian poet
ER
Edgar Ritchie
civil engineerhydraulic engineer
Australian hydraulic engineer (1871–1956)
Zygmunt Rozwadowski
painter
Polish painter (1870-1950)
KJ
K. N. Jayatilleke
authorphilosopher
Sri Lankan author and philosopher
19th Century
2 deaths
José María Bocanegra
diplomateconomist
Mexican politician (1787-1862)
William Bull
Christian ministermathematician
British minister
18th Century
3 deaths
Gilbert Tennent
ministerpastor
American minister (1703–1764)
George Edwards
biologistbotanist
English naturalist and ornithologist (1694 – 1773)
FJ
Finnur Jónsson
historiantheologian
Icelandic bishop (1704-1789)
17th Century
1 death
Bartolomeo Sovero
mathematician
Swiss mathematician (1576-1629)
13th Century
1 death
Innocent III
Catholic priestwriter
Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216
8th Century
1 death
Isonokami no Yakatsugu
writer
Japanese noble
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